Abstract
This chapter is about one autistic child, as she was and as she is today. It cannot be a case study-there is no room for that. It took nearly 300 pages to describe her first 8 years (C. C. Park, 1967). But because her earlier development has been described in more published detail than, I believe, that of any other autistic child (see also C. C. Park, 1977, 1978, 1982; D. Park, 1974; D. Park & Youderian, 1974), it should be of use at least to sketch her continuing progress as she has grown, not to young womanhood in any complete sense but into a person able to enjoy her life and to make a real contribution to her family and to society.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Park, C. C. The siege. New York:,Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. (2nd ed. with epilogue and plates), New York: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1982. Translated as: Histoire d’Elly,Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1972; Eine Seele lernt leben,Bern: Scherz, 1973; Het Beleg,Baarn: Bosch, 1974; Belägringen,Stockholm: Aldus, 1975; “Isolated Elly,” Tokyo: Kawade Shobo, 1976; Et Barn bag faestnings mure,Denmark: Gyldendal, 1977, Beleiringen,Oslo: Gyldendal, 1978; Ciudadela Sitiada,México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1980.)
Park, C. C. Elly and the right to education. Phi Theta Kappan,1977, 4,534–537. (Reprinted in R. E. Schmid, J. Moneypenny, & R. Johnston, [Eds.], Contemporary issues in special education. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977.)
Park, C. C. Review of Nadia: A case of extraordinary drawing ability in an autistic child by L. Selfe. Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1978, 8, 457–472.
Park, D. Operant conditioning of a speaking autistic child. Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1974, 4, 189–191.
Park, D., & Youderian, P. Light and number: Ordering principles in the world of an autistic child. Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1974, 4, 313–323.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1983 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Park, C.C. (1983). Growing Out of Autism. In: Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B. (eds) Autism in Adolescents and Adults. Current Issues in Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9345-1_13
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9345-1_13
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-9347-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-4757-9345-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive